Hagan 45, Dole 42, Cole 3

tangoz,

I look forward to reading your rants on here for the next two years. You won't have much else to do, I'm guessing.

The poll is by a very conservative organization. Are you saying it is a fantasy that Dole is even that close?

This "poll" is the worst example of skewed "journalism."

Pure fantasy.

I don't disagree that the arrangement of districts plays a strong role in a candidate's chances. In fact, that's probably why we end up with someone like tangoz running at all. Serious minded, politically or intellectually astute persons are reluctant to mount a challenge.

But it isn't as though Dan Blue were unqualified or ineffective. He's very qualified, very effective, well regarded and for good reason. I'm not hearing anyone say what a shame it is that poor Tangoz doesn't have a real shot. It's a danged blessing.

The districts for the North Carolina Legislature are so gerrymandered (apologies to Gerrys everywhere) that there are very few really competitive districts. We need to change the way districts are drawn (both state & federal) to create true competition. Time for politicians (of both parties) to stop picking their voters and voters to start picking their politicians.

Gee, I don't think Hagan "forgot" to mention her voting record with Basnight and Rand. After all, they're both very popular, very successful, smart, determined and effective legislators. I don't think their constituents are unhappy with their records at all. Sadly, for Dole, people aren't giving such such high marks to Bush these days. He isn't popular, he isnt successful, he isn't smart, and the only determination or effectivness he has demonstrated is to drive this country into an unjust and unjustified war that we're still mired in, and to usher in a major economic recession.

And I think there's a pretty good reason Blue isn't worried about his own race. In fact, in all fairness, can it be called a race?

Isn't Blue pretty confident, with good reason, that voters recognize his worth and are proud to reelect him and that his opponent is noticed chiefly for repeating (and mangling) rhetoric he heard from someone on TV or the radio that he only half understands himself, and for posting senseless, simpleminded rants on blogs that make his fellow GOPers cringe with embarrassment?

At the AKA Sorority function last night Kay Hagan attacked Dole with the same talking points from her commercial. She talked about Dole's effectiveness rating and voting with Bush 90% of the time. Hagan forgot to mention that she voted with Marc Basnight and Tony Rand 100% of the time and also voted for that $9 million jet Easley had to cancel. Hagan was very negative and condescending towards Dole while talking to a small probably receptive audience.

My opponent Dan Blue was too busy talking about Voting for Obama to be worried about his own race. And I got Vernon Malone angry at me because I said that the leadership in Raleigh was responsible for our failures on Mental healthcare, Roads, Schools, and many other failures. I did mention to a voter that it took a Democratic consultant to start the downfall of Jim Black, not the General Assembly leadership. Malone did not ask for the expulsion of Representative Wright when overwhelming evidence caused the full House to eject him. Malone only wanted a slap on the wrist of Wright. Maybe corrupt is a label that DOES fit the leadership of the Democratic Party in Raleigh.